Common Mistakes : Luxurious

Luxurious – Adjective

BAD: You could stay at one of the big luxurious hotels, but the small hotels are far more reasonable

GOOD: You could stay at one of the big luxury hotels, but the small hotels are far more reasonable

BAD: Consumers are offered more and more luxurious goods

GOOD: Consumers are offered more and more luxury goods

To refer to a type or class of hotel, apartment, furniture, services etc, use luxury as a modifier: ‘a luxury apartment in the heart of London’, ‘luxury bedroom suites imported direct from Italy’, a luxury liner

Use luxurious to describe something that is very comfortable and expensive: ‘The car’s soft cream leather interior was extremely luxurious

BAD: Many people today do not consider a car as a luxurious thing

GOOD: Many people today do not consider a car as a luxury

a luxury = something that you do not need: ‘We can hardly afford to buy food, yet alone waste money on luxuries